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Looking at a ring of a man, you can usually determine if he is married or single. Curiously, the same finger on their left hand could help determine how their bodies will react to a Covid-19 infection - and even they live or die. According to a new study published in the newspaper Early Human Development, men who have longer fingers have a reduced opportunity of the death of coronavirus infection and are more likely to deal with light symptoms.

Although it has already been established that sex is a risk factor with regard to the highly infectious and contagious virus, men are more likely to become seriously ill than women, this study looks more deeply in what makes A more man prone to become severely ill, while others may not show any symptoms.

The researchers analyzed data of 103,482 men and 83,366 women in 41 countries, measuring the fingers of the ring relative to the fingers of the index. They found that a smaller "ratio", which means that the ring is longer than the index - translates to a lower mortality rate. Although they also examined the lengths of the women's fingers, they found no correlation.

Testosterone plays a role

The researchers believe that it has to do withWhySome men have longer fingers than others. According to science, all of this has to do with the amount of testosterone men exposed to Utero - plus the hormones are large, the longer the ring. It is also thought that testosterone increases the concentration of an angiotensin enzyme 2 (ACE2) of angiotensin into the body, which helps to combat serious diseases related to coronaviruses.

"The theory is that someone with a high prenatal testosterone - and a long ring - has larger levels of ACE2," explained one of the authors of the study, John Manning of Swansea University, atThe sun. "These concentrations are large enough to oppose the virus."

Global potential biomarker

Interestingly, researchers have discovered this trait in countries such as Malaysia, Russia and Mexico, where the coronavirus mortality rate was lower. Men proved a higher ratio of in the United Kingdom, Spain and the countries of Bulgaria with a higher mortality rate. Men in countries with longer ring fingers have an average mortality rate of 2.7 per 100,000, while in countries where the length of the finger is shorter, the average is significantly higher, at 4.9 for 100,000 people.

The researchers hope that their conclusions "can provide a biomarker for the susceptibility of the men's Covid-19", helping "identify those for whom it would be desirable to exercise social distancing."

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